Brussels-Moscow-Sana
NATO announced that its Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called for a meeting of the (Russia-NATO) Council on the 12th of next month.
The Alliance's media office told RIA Novosti news agency today that "Stoltenberg, in his capacity as Chairman of the Russia-NATO Council, decided to convene the Council on January 12, 2022," noting that they are in contact with Moscow regarding this meeting.
This session comes if it is held in conjunction with the meeting of the NATO Military Committee at the level of Chiefs of Staff in the Belgian capital, Brussels.
On the other hand, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that it had received a NATO proposal to hold a meeting of the (Russia-NATO) Council on January 12 next year, explaining that it is currently studying it.
Russia had proposed earlier this month to the United States and NATO to sign two agreements to establish a system of security guarantees in order to ease military tensions in Europe.
These proposals call for intensifying coordination between the two parties with the aim of avoiding serious military incidents and limiting the deployment of strategic weapons such as heavy bombers and medium and short-range missiles in specific areas, with NATO's pledge not to continue its expansion to the east and not to grant Ukraine membership in it.